Japanese characters

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Japanese characters.

It is difficult for a foreigner to study Japanese,because we use KANJI,HIRAGANA and KATAKANA, three kinds of characters in Japanese.
Even Japanese people think that it is difficult to study Japanse.
Actually,I was very bad at national language(Japanese) when I was a student.

The character which Japanese people learn for the first time is HIRAGANA.

HIRAGANA characters.

HIRAGANA is Japanese basic character.
HIRAGANA is used mainly in the following scene.
・a blend of kanji, katakana, and hiragana
・a pronunciation of kanji
・the inflection of an ending and particle
・useing for name of women,sometimes
etc...

KATAKANA characters.

Japanese people learn KATAKANA next to HIRAGANA.
KATAKANA is used mainly in the following scene.
・a blend of kanji, katakana, and hiragana
・loan‐word
・foreign person's name, place name
・onomatopoeia and mimetic words
etc...

KANJI characters.

KANJI is the character with origin in ancient China.
KANJI is used for a word to express a substantial meaning,and a proper noun.

We put these characters together and express Japanese.
For example, I'll put the following passage into Japanese.

English :  My name is May.
Japanese:　私の名前はめいです。

It is difficult to learn Japanese,but Japanese is very profound and interesting !!